Computer Science is a fascinating subject and a huge number of students are studying different faculties of computer science in their own country as well as a foreign country. So, in this post, I will provide you the Quotes on computer science. All the computing quotes in this article have been collected from various websites.
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Computer Science Quotes
Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid. Human Beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination. – Albert Einstein
The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. – Richard Hamming
An algorithm must be seen to be believed. – Donald Knuth
The computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history – with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. – Mitch Ratliffe
UNIX is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity. – Dennis Ritchie
The computer was born to solve the problems that did not exist before. – Bill Gates
Don’t explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin. – Robert A. Heinlein
Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembles piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly. – Roger Ebert
Man is a slow, sloppy, and brilliant thinker; computers are fast accurate and stupid. – John Pfeiffer
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Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. – Pablo Picaso
The rise of Google, the rise of Facebook, the rise of Apple; I think is the proof that there is a place for computer science as something that solves problems that people face every day. – Eric Schmidt
Physics is the universe’s operating system. – Steven R Garman
You could get an entire computer science education for free right now. – Sebastian Thrun
Computer Science is embarrassed by the Computer. – Alan Perlis
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers. – Sydney J. Harris
The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. – B. F. Skinner
If a train station is where the train stops, what is a work station? – Anonymous
I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer. – Dave Bary
No one messes around with a nerd’s computer and escapes unscathed. E. A. Bucchianeri
Computers are better than we are at arithmetic, not because computers are so good at it, but because we are so bad at it. – Isaac Asimov
Computers are fantastic. In a few moments, they can make a mistake so great that it would take many men many months to equal it. – M. Meacham
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we have finished building it. – Carl William Brown
Want to make your computer go really fast?
Throw it out a window. – Anonymous
Which is an astronaut’s favourite key on a computer keyboard?
The Space Bar. – Anonymous
I never took a computer science course in college because then it was a thing you just learned on your own. – Mitchel Resnick
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing. – Emo Philips
Where is the “any key”? – Homer Simpson
Just as computer science is missing from our school system, so is science fiction. – Sal Khan
Computers are good at following your instructions, but not at reading your mind. – Donald Knuth
That’s one of those things about being a computer science major; Valentine’s Day is just another day. – Jawed Karim
When I was 19 years old, I wrote my first book. I took a computer science class and the book was garbage. I thought I could write a better one, so I did. – Jim McKelvey
Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed will revolutionize the way we learn. – Steve Jobs
Computers do not kill books; people do. – Douglas Rushkoff
Computer Programming Quotes
Software is gas, it expands to fill its container. – Nathan Myhrvoid
Programming must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. – Abelson and Sussman
Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the Second Law of Thermodynamics; i.e it always increases. – Norman Augustine
There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those who understand binary numerals, and those who do not. – Ian Stewart
Those who can imagine anything can create the impossible. – Alan Turing
Its hardware that makes a machine fast. It’s software that makes the fast machine slow.
If you think your users are idiot, only idiots will use it. – Linus Torvalds
If carpenters made buildings the way programmers make programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy all of civilization. – Anonymous
There are only two things wrong with C++; the initial concept and the implementation. – Bertrand Meyer
Your most unhappy customers are a great source of learning. – Bill Gates
Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen. – Edward V. Berard
Commenting your code is like your bathroom – you never want to do it, but really does create a more pleasant experience for you and your guests. – Ryan Campbell
We have to stop optimizing for programmers and start optimizing for users. – Jeff Atwood
Low-level programming is good for the programmer’s soul. – John Carmack
Programming can be fun, so can cryptography; however, they should not be combined. – Kreitzberg and Shneiderman
Looking at the code you wrote more than two weeks ago is like looking at the code you are seeing for the first time. – Dan Hurvitz
If you have a procedure with ten parameters, you probably missed some. – Alan Perlis
Simplicity carried to the extreme, becomes elegance. – John Franklin
Do not document the problem, fix it. – Atli Bjorgvin Oddsson
If the code and the comments do not match, possibly both are incorrect. – Norm Schryer
When debugging, novices insert corrective code; expert removes defective code. – Richard Pattis
Talk is cheap. Show me the code. – Linus Torvalds
Give a man a program, frustrate him for a day. Teach a man to program, frustrate him for a lifetime. – Muhammad Waseem
I am not a great programmer; I am just a good programmer with great habits. – Kent Beck
Truth can only be found in one place; the code. – Robert C. Martin
A language that does not affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing. – Alan J. Perlis
The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language. – Alan Kay
Computer Engineer Quotes
In a room full of top software designer, if two agree on the same thing, that’s a majority. – Bill Curtis
The best way to get accurate information on the Internet is to post something wrong and wait for corrections. – Mathew Austern
A program is never less than 90% complete, and never more than 95% complete. – Terry Baker
Before Software should be reusable, it should be usable. – Ralph Johnson
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. – Albert Einstein
I think computer science, by and large, is stuck in the Modern Age. – Larry Wall
If you automate a mess, you get an automated mess. – Rod Michael
In a software project team of 10, there are probably 3 people who produce enough defects to make them net negative producers. – Gordon Schulmeyer
Today, most software exists, not to solve a problem, but to interface with other software. – IO Angell
Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but it hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence. – Edsger Dijkstra
Passwords are like underwear; you do not let people see it, you should change it very often, and you should not share it with strangers. – Chris Pirillo
I am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect. – Linus Torvalds
Computer viruses are an urban legend. – Peter Norton
I like to think of it as this new field. Instead of computer science, it’s going to be virtual science. – Brendan Iribe
The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organization, and participation in a meaningful society. – Noam Chomsky
Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society. – Kent Conrad
The most important property of a program is whether it accomplishes the intention of its user. – C.A.R. Hoare
In the end, it all comes down to 0 and 1. – Vineet Goel
The computer scientist’s main challenge is not to get confused by the complexities of his own making. – Edsger W. Dijkstra
Most improved things can be improved. – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Perl: The only language that looks the same before and after RSA encryption. – Keith Bostic
A conscious human is driven by their conscience, not popular opinion. – Suzy Kassem
I don’t need to waste my time on the computer just because I am a computer scientist. – Edsger W. Dijkstra
A program without a loop and a structured variable is not worth writing. – Alan J. Perlis
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. – Rob Siltanen
Any idiot can put up a website. – Patricia Briggs
Computers are like Old Testaments gods; lots of rules and no mercy. – Joseph Campbell
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. – Fredrick P. Brooks
The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual. – Earl Warren
The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organization, and participation in a meaningful society. – Noam Chomsky
I look like a geeky hacker, but I do not know anything about computers. – Justin Long
Video games and computers have become baby sitters for kids. – Taylor Kitsch
The new information technology, the Internet and email have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications. – Peter Drucker
To err is human – and to blame it on a computer is even more so. – Robert Orben
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